“As a manager in professional astronomy, I was keeping daily records on the abnormal behavioral problems in the staff. When the senior management team became aware of the records, they instructed me to destroy them.” AstronomyOshaAltitudeProblemsMaunaKeaTmtStaffAbnormalBehavioral Author:Steven Magee
“I was on the Big Island of Hawaii in 2015 and managed to characterize the ionizing radiation levels in the south of the island. Mauna Kea was the radiation hot zone with approximately a doubling of radiation levels at the Mauna Kea Visitors Center at 9,200 feet as compared to sea level. I did not venture to the summit due to the known biologically harmful environmental conditions to the sea level adapted human that exist at 13,796 feet.” AstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaRadiationTmtSummitBigIsland Author:Steven Magee
“When I worked in high altitude astronomy, I was never screened annually by a doctor that was expert in low level radiation sickness (LLRS) and high altitude disease (HAD).” DiseaseAstronomyOshaSicknessAltitudeMaunaKeaRadiationTmtDoctor Author:Steven Magee
“A few years after working on Mauna Kea, I discovered that I had radiation sickness.” AstronomyOshaSicknessAltitudeMaunaKeaRadiationTmtWorkingDiscovered Author:Steven Magee
“It was common to drink from plastic bottles and cans in high altitude astronomy.” DrinkAstronomyOshaAltitudeBottlesMaunaKeaTmtPlasticCans Author:Steven Magee
“Resist the Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO).” AstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtHawaiiTelescopeResistObservatories Author:Steven Magee
“Prolonged altitude sickness generally leads to altitude diseases.” AstronomyOshaSicknessAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtTelescopeDiseasesProlonged Author:Steven Magee
“One of the bad habits I developed in very high altitude astronomy was eating a bowl of free ice cream for breakfast, as the free cooked breakfast would make me feel really sickly when at the summit of Mauna Kea.” AstronomyIceOshaAltitudeBreakfastMaunaKeaTmtCreamTelescope Author:Steven Magee
“I developed strange intestinal problems when working at very high altitude on Mauna Kea. Intestinal pains and bouts of loose stools. Dietary experimentation lead to the conclusion that eating a diet that comprised of lots of steamed vegetables when home would reduce the symptoms.” AstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaVegetablesKeaTmtStoolsIntestinalDietary Author:Steven Magee
“During my time at the W. M. Keck Observatory, I had formed the opinion that overworking workers was part of the company's toxic culture.” CultureAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaToxicTmtKeckOverworking Author:Steven Magee